What is it about old liberals who say the darndest things? First
Jimmy Carter, Walter Cronkite and Helen Thomas, and now Duke’s own John Hope Franklin:
I don’t see any good reason why we went in there [Iraq] or why we are
there now. The invasion has sullied our reputation as has our behaviour
there. We have undertaken to spread democracy when we ourselves are not
democratic. … Our presidents are elected by electoral colleges, not directly. And
our military is not democratic. There’s no draft. Bush’s children and
my children do not serve.
He goes on to say that Bush is keeping the minimum-wage low so that
poor and minority youth have to join the military. What is it that old
libs eat for breakfast after their hair turns white?
